Gas-producer.



No. 824,384. PATENTED JUNE ze, 1906. E. SANDNER.

GAS PRODUCER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY31,1905.

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No. 824,384. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

, E. SANDNBR.' GAS PRODUGBR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Beit known that I, 'Enron SANDNER, a sub"- ject of the German Emperor, residing at Lansing, in the county of `Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Producers, of Which the following is a specification, refer ence being had thereinv to the accompanying drawings.

.The invention rela of that'l type known as suction gas-producers; and the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l is a vertical central section throueh the producer. a similar View with, the section taken in a plane at right angles to that of Fig. 1.

Vith my improvement belongs the gas is formed by drawing a mixture of air and vapor through an incandescent In Suction being preferably 'pro ton of the engine in which the gas is explosively used` The quantity of air vdrawn through the fuel is varied according to the suction of the engine7 and the quantity of vapor is also varied by reason the heated gases from the prod through the vaporizer, and therefore any increase in the volume of the gas will produce a correspondingly greater vaporization. -With the present invention the of being placed outside of the producer asin constructions heretofore used is arrangedin' the center of the mass of fuel and is shaped to form a conduit through which the heated gases are drawn out from the producer. Thus the whole apparatus used for the production of the gas is inclosed Within the one casing, and the vaporizer being in the midst of the fuel will respond more instantaneously to any change in heat developed therein.

As shown, A is the casing, preferably of cylindrical form and provided lininr B of iire-brick orvother refractory Inateria As illustrated, the central portion of the mass of fuel within the casing rests upon a hearth C, and the surrounding portions are .supported upon a stepped grate l), arranged to form lateral'air-passages through which the air and vapor are drawnintothe fuel,

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with a suitable j Application filed July 31,1905. Serial No. 272,079.

This Is preferably in the form form the opposite inclined Walls a b, which permit the free passa e of the fuel. The vaporizer is also proviced with a central cy# lindrical Wall c, which forms a conduit extending longitudinally of the vaporizer, and at one endthis is connected by the couplin d with the gas-eduction pipe. There is aso. formed centrally of thefvaporizer a dow Wardly-extending through which the gases formed in of the fuel ma enter the conduit. Between the cylindrica Walle and the outer inclined walls a is a chamber containing the Water to be vaporized a sufficient space for the reception of the vapor. F is a detachable cap coveringL-an opening in the top of the vaporizer, this cap being of upwardly-tapering form, so as to deiiect the fuel upon opposite sides.

At the top of the casing A isa suitable iitting G, which is connected, with the fuel-- charging apparatus. (Not shown.) H is the con uit leading from' the vaporizerto the nozzle Z, and J is the air-inlet. paratus constructed as describ tion thefuel from the charging apparatus is permitted to fall into the fue -charnber Within the casing A and will be directed upon oppo site sides of the vaporizer, fill g below the same and also packing around the When the apparatus is in full operation, vvthe fuel within the chamber will be in a state of incandes' cence, and the incoming' air which passes through the lateral passage-Ways between the steps of the grate will be converted into a cL rbon-Inonoxid gas. tl e vapor from the generator E, which is d composed to f orIn hydrogen.

Inasinuch as the heat the mass of fuel is proportional to` the coinbustion, it is evident that wheneverthere is combustion, due to the drawingin the body.

l increased of a greater q uicate a greater heat to the vaporizer, which will increase the amount of vapor commin- I gled with thc air. `.On vthe other hand, if the I amount of air passIng through l diminished -the fall l crease the vaporization and proportionately l the fuel-chanibertherein is the vaporizer y shown having aninverted-V-shaped cross-sectIon, so as t0 With the air is mixed the fuelhas ing oil' in heat will de zo opening from the casing c, .65.

I/Vith the aps 8o ed in operaing ,the chamber 8'5` 95 developed Within and'above the Water-level' is 7o uantityof air, this will commu: roo

' entering through the grate directly to the cendiminish the quantity of Vapor commingled with the air. Another feature of .t he construction is the means by which the'` fuel within the combustiomchambcr is compelled to assume an inverted conical form immediately beneath the vaporizer. This is by reason of the fact that the fuel is fed in above the vaporizer and is deflect ed by the latter to opposite sides of the casing. Thus immediately below the vaporizer and the aperture connecting to the -(Ls-outlet conduit there will be formed a hdllow spacer The effect of this is to form the path of least resistance for the air ter ofthe mass of fuel instead of at the sides. This will result in to a large extent limiting the combustion to the center of the mass an will prevent the formation of cliukers at the sides, thereby avoiding clogging of the apparatus. Furthermore7 it will be noted that with the stepped grate for supporting the I fuel the air entering beneath each of the successive steps will find the path of least resistance directed toward the center, and as the l'uel is consumed it will feed in from the l sides tow'ard the center, always maintaining l Ilio hollow beneath the gas-outlet and the ini'crted conical forni to lhenniss of fue-l. l

What l claim as my invention isl. A gas-producer comprising a casing coni slilnl ing a fuol-vlmniber through which a current ol' nir is drawn und a hollow member eX- t londingncross the'fuel-chamber within said l twith the air drawn casing constituting an eduction-conduit for the generated gas, the walls of said conduit bein hollow and forming a water-chamber in W ch vapor is generated and commingled through the casing.

2.' A gasproducer comprising la casing forming a `Jhiel-chamber, a hollow member passing transyersel across said casinv and the ,fuel-chamber t erein, the outerwa ls of said member being of inverted-V-shaped cross-section and the inner wall of cylindrical cross-section, the Space between said walls forming a water-chamber and said inner wall constituting an eductionconduit through which the generated gases are drawn, where by the Vaporizaticn will Vary with the variationof the gas generated. l

3. In a gas-producer, the combination with a ca sin forming a erator therein having the oppositely-inclined and upwardly-tapering walls a, b, the inner cylindrical wall c forming a `:lis-eduction conduit and opening centraly downward into the mass of fuel and the detachable cap F at the top of said vaporizer, substantially as and for the 'purpose described.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature presence of two witnesses,

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Witnesses: f

JAMES H. BROAD, JOHN BELL.

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